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This anthology situates the cultural and literary theories of ecofeminism in an interdisciplinary and global dialogue. It brings ecofeminism into conversation with several areas of inquiry, including ecocriticism, postcolonialism, geography, environmental law, religion, geoengineering, systems thinking, family therapy, and environmental justice.
Sommario
Editor's Preface
Sam Mickey
Introduction
Valerie Padilla Carroll
Part I: Ecocritical Readings
1. Ecofeminist, Post-colonial, and Anti-capitalist Possibilities in Nalo Hopkinson's Brown Girl in the Ring
Anna Bedford
2. "I Learnt All the Words and Broke Them Up / To Make a Single Word: Homeland": An Eco-Postcolonial Perspective of Resistance in Palestinian Women's Literature
Benay Blend
3. Pylons, Playgrounds, and Power Stations: Ecofeminism and Landscape in Women's Short Fiction from Wales
Michelle Deininger
4. Angela Carter's Postmodern Wolf Tales
Karen Ya-Chu Yang
Part II: Emerging Ecofeminisms
5. "If only I had petals, my situation would be different": The Curious Case of Nature Reserves and Shelters for Battered Women
Edna Gorney
6. Leaning into the Light: Towards an Ecofeminist Model of Family Therapy
Gail Grossman Freyne
7. Technofeminism and Ecofeminism: An Analysis of Geoengineering Research
Tina Sikka
Part III: Religion and Spirituality
8. Weaving Ecofeminisms: Sharing the Reflections of Latin American Women
Ann Hidalgo
9. Women, Water, and Ecofeminism: A Method to Respond to the Commodification of Water
Rachel Hart Winter
10. Hope Over Powerlessness: McFague's Meditation on the World as God's Body
Rebecca Meier-Rao
Part IV: Mapping Spaces: Geography and International Perspectives
11. Dilemmas and Possibilities of Online Activism in a Gendered Space
Jessica McLean
12. Mapping and Misrecognition: Ecofeminist Insights into Chicana Feminist Aesthetics
Christina Holmes
13. Ecofeminist Potentials for International Environmental Law
Kate Wilkinson Cross
Info autore
Sam Mickey is adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco.
Douglas A. Vakoch is president of Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence (METI) International and editor of the book series Ecocritical Theory and Practice.
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This anthology situates the cultural and literary theories of ecofeminism in an interdisciplinary and global dialogue. It brings ecofeminism into conversation with several areas of inquiry, including ecocriticism, postcolonialism, geography, environmental law, religion, geoengineering, systems thinking, family therapy, and environmental justice.
